As vital as it is for peace and transformation, the importance of leadership (and leadership itself) is still widely misunderstood. When leaders fail to fulfill their roles (after not understanding what they entail in the first place), it creates a space for trauma to thrive. 

Today we are joined by Larry Yatch, a Navy SEAL-turned-education and business consultant, and who explains what leadership looks like from the perspective of a Navy veteran. 

We learn about Larry’s life before the SEALs, what he did during his Navy career, and why he chose to pivot the way he did after being medically discharged from the Navy. Larry also defines and explains the relationship between leadership, management, and coordinating action, and why many of us do not properly understand either term. 

Key Points From This Episode:

•   Exploring the hypocrisy of “freedom” in entrepreneurship. 

•   Redefining success, and the relationship between accomplishment and fulfillment. 

•   Larry’s definitions of leadership, management, and coordinating action, and how they relate to each other. 

•   A short lesson on trauma.   

Quotes:

“In the effort of fighting for freedom – as you know from being in the military – you’re not free. There’s hardly any freedom at all. That’s really what made me say, ‘Well, maybe it’s my turn to experience some freedom.’ And that’s what led me to entrepreneurship.” — Larry Yatch 

“Anywhere you have leadership, you don’t have bullying. Everywhere you have bullying, you don’t have leadership. Leadership is using your power to help people, bullying is using your power to hurt people.” — Larry Yatch

“Fulfilment can only come from acting towards an internally derived, deeply-held purpose.” — Larry Yatch

“Respect is understanding how something impacts your world and choosing to act in accordance with it.” — Larry Yatch 
 

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Larry Yatch on LinkedIn

Larry Yatch on YouTube

Larry Yatch on Facebook

SEAL Team Leaders 

How Leadership (Actually) Works 

Men in Green Faces 

Jimmy Vreeland on LinkedIn 

Getting Things Done 

Iron War

Sealed Mindset 

Final Survival Plan

Inspiring People & Places Podcast

MCFA

MCFA Careers

BJ Kraemer on LinkedIn